CAMILLA, GA (WALB) -
Keystone Food officials say 3 employees were injured Tuesday morning when equipment malfunctioned at the Keystone Food plants in Camilla.
Keystone officials sent out a media release:
“Earlier this morning, three employees at Keystone Foods’ Camilla facility suffered burns following an equipment malfunction. The employees were taken to hospitals to be treated for their injuries and are now recovering. Our thoughts and prayers are with our affected employees.
At Keystone Foods, employee safety is our top priority. The impacted equipment in the facility was taken offline immediately and we are performing a thorough safety check.
We will continue to provide updates as new information becomes available.” – Clay Banks, Complex General Manager, Keystone Foods’ Camilla Facility"
The family of one employee identified him as Michael Warmuskerken.
They said that he was air lifted to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville.
The burns may have been caused by hot liquid.
Sullivan said there was no fire or sign of any other apparent damage.
April 16, 2017 2:59 PM
IPSWICH, Mass. (CBS) — An Ipswich Department of Public Works employee was injured by a falling tree during a fire overhaul operation Sunday morning.
Police said the tree fell on the man around 10:20 a.m. in the woods near Pineswamp and Linebrook Roads.
The worker, a 46-year-old Gloucester man, was flown by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Crews from the DPW and Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control had been going through the wooded area to put water on hot spots a day after fourteen area fire departments were called there to put out forest fires.
State and Ipswich Police are investigating to find out what caused the incident, and police said OSHA has been notified.
Injured exotic dancer was employee, not independent contractor
Kristen Beckman 4/19/2017 2:05:00 PM
An exotic dancer injured in a nightclub shooting was an employee of the club, rather than an independent contractor, and should receive workers compensation benefits, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Additionally, the state high court ordered the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission to reconsider its award of $75 per week in workers comp disability benefits for the woman because it said the commission failed to show how it reached that figure.
LeAndra Lewis of Charlotte, North Carolina, worked as an exotic dancer in clubs throughout North Carolina and South Carolina in 2008 when she was shot while dancing at the Boom Boom Room Studio 54 in Columbia, South Carolina, operated by L.B. Dynasty Inc. Ms. Lewis performed at various clubs, and the night of the shooting, she showed up at the Boom Boom Room, presented identification to prove her age, paid a required “tip-out” fee and was allowed to perform. She did not fill out an employee application or sign an employment agreement, court records in LeAndra Lewis vs. L.B. Dynasty Inc. show.
While she was performing, an altercation broke out in the club and Ms. Lewis was struck in the abdomen by a stray bullet. She sustained injuries to her intestines, liver, pancreas, kidney and uterus and was left with extensive scarring that rendered her unemployable as an exotic dancer, according to court documents.
Ms. Lewis applied for workers comp temporary total disability and medical benefits from the South Carolina Uninsured Employers’ Fund because the nightclub did not have comp insurance. A single commissioner and the appellate panel of the state’s workers comp commission denied Ms. Lewis’ claim, saying she was not an employee but an independent contractor. A South Carolina appeals court agreed in a decision handed down in September 2012.
The South Carolina Supreme Court, in a 3-1 ruling in 2015, reversed the appeals court decision, finding Ms. Lewis was an employee because the club controlled and directed her work and had the ability to fire her. The high court remanded the case to the appeals court to set a compensation rate for Ms. Lewis’ injuries.
The appeals court affirmed the workers comp commission’s previous determination that Ms. Lewis would have been entitled to compensation of $75 per week if it were determined she was an employee of the club. The state high court reversed that compensation determination.
“The commission summarily concluded Lewis was entitled to an award of $75 per week, without indicating what total it assigned to her average weekly wages, or how it reached that figure,” the ruling said. “Moreover, the commission’s finding that Lewis presented ‘no evidence whatsoever’ as to the amount of money she earned is plainly wrong.”
The high court remanded the case to the workers compensation commission for a de novo hearing to determine the amount of benefits to which Lewis is entitled.
Representatives of L.B. Dynasty were not immediately available to comment.
4 hurt in crash on Blue Route (I-476) near I-76 in Lower Merion Twp., Pa.
A crash involving an overturned SUV jammed traffic and sent four people to area hospitals. (WPVI)
Thursday, April 20, 2017 12:22PM
LOWER MERION TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- A crash involving an overturned SUV has left four people injured and jammed traffic on the Blue Route (I-476) near I-76.
It happened at 10:55 a.m. Thursday in the southbound lanes just south of I-76 in Lower Merion Township.
Video from Chopper 6 HD showed a dark-colored SUV lying on its roof and a red Volkswagen Beetle with heavy rear-end damage.
Action News is told two of the injured were taken Bryn Mawr Hospital, one was taken to Paoli Hospital, and one was taken to Lankenau Hospital.
There was no immediate word on the extent of injuries to the victims.
Traffic was backed up on I-476 South approaching the scene. A secondary backup was visible on westbound I-76 approaching the Blue Route.
LCBO fined $100,000 after worker injured at Heart Lake store News Apr 19, 2017 04:48 by Pam Douglas Brampton Guardian
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) was fined $100,000 for having an unsafe work environment at the Heart Lake store on Sandalwood Parkway West that resulted in a worker injury, according to the Ministry of Labour. - File/Torstar Network
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) was fined $100,000 for having an unsafe work environment at the Heart Lake store on Sandalwood Parkway West that resulted in a worker's injury, according to the Ministry of Labour.
The worker was operating a forklift on April 24, 2013, attempting to move products on a pallet, according to a Ministry of Labour investigation. A sound was heard, and the worker got out of the forklift to investigate. The pallet fell on him.
The LCBO was found guilty under the Occupational Health and Safety Act following a trial. The fine was imposed during a sentencing hearing on April 11.
The investigation concluded the pallet was moved without precautions being taken to ensure the safety of a worker.
But the justice of the peace who heard the case, Cristina Santos, found there were also systemic problems at the Brampton store, “including multiple safety concerns from workers that were not responded to,” and the injured employee was given forklift duties even though his training was out of date, according to a ministry news release.
